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Nova Scotia Tartan was the first provincial tartan in Canada and was approved by the Lord Lyon King at Arms. The blue and white in the tartan stand for the sea, the greens represent the forests, red is for the royal lion on the Shield of Arms, and gold for the province's historic Royal Charter.
The coat of arms of Nova Scotia is the heraldic symbol representing the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. It is the oldest provincial achievement of arms in Canada, and the oldest British coat of arms in use outside Great Britain. It is blazoned as follows: Argent, a saltire azure charged with an escutcheon of the Royal Arms of Scotland.
Nova Scotia [9] Osprey: Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever Sable Island horse: Brook trout: Mayflower: Red spruce: Stilbite: Munit haec et altera vincit (one defends and the other conquers) Sailing ambassador: Bluenose II, Nova Scotia tartan; berry: wild blueberry; fossil: Hylonomus lyelli; gemstone: agate: Nunavut [10] Rock ptarmigan: Canadian ...
Pages in category "Provincial symbols of Nova Scotia" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
The flag of Nova Scotia has an aspect ratio of 1:2. [4] The blazon for the banner of arms – as outlined in the letters patent registering it with the Canadian Heraldic Authority on July 20, 2007 – reads, "Argent a saltire Azure, overall on an escutcheon Or a lion rampant within a double tressure flory-counter-flory Gules". [6]
Provincial symbols of Nova Scotia (1 C, 9 P) R. ... Pages in category "Culture of Nova Scotia" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total.
Bluenose was a fishing and racing gaff rig schooner built in 1921 in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada.A celebrated racing ship and fishing vessel, Bluenose under the command of Angus Walters, became a provincial icon for Nova Scotia and an important Canadian symbol in the 1930s, serving as a working vessel until she was wrecked in 1946.
Provincial symbols of Nova Scotia (1 C, 9 P) Territorial symbols of Nunavut (6 P) O. Provincial symbols of Ontario (1 C, 7 P) P. Provincial symbols of Prince Edward ...